Sullivan County man gets 17-year sentence for abusing 2 girls

GOSHEN — A 68-year-old Mamakating man had his final day in court Wednesday in a child sexual assault case that spanned two counties.

BY HEATHER YAKIN

GOSHEN — A 68-year-old Mamakating man had his final day in court Wednesday in a child sexual assault case that spanned two counties.

Herbert Ploschke Sr., 68, was in Orange County Court for sentencing on one count each of first-degree criminal sexual act and first-degree sexual abuse, felonies, for crimes committed against two young girls in the Town of Deerpark. He had also pleaded guilty to second-degree rape and criminal sexual act, in Sullivan County for assaults on the same girls in the Town of Mamakating.

Assistant District Attorney Julie Mohl laid out the terms of the negotiated plea for the Orange County case: An aggregate 17-year prison term, plus 10 years of post-release supervision by parole, to run concurrently with the 17-year aggregate sentence imposed earlier this month in Sullivan County.

Ploschke's lawyer, Craig Brown, said his client has expressed remorse, and asked Judge Nicholas De Rosa to imposed the negotiated sentence.

"I'm very sorry, sir," Ploschke told the judge.

De Rosa imposed the 17-year sentence.

hyakin@th-record.com

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